Daily Republican-Register from Mount Carmel, Illinois • 1

THE COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER SERVING WABASH 'AND EDWARDS COUNTIES AND PARTS OF WHITE, LAWRENCE. KNOX AND GIBSON COUNTIES VOLUME CSNUMBER 176 MOUNT CARMEL, ILLINOIS, TUESDAY, MAY 21, 1968 1 SECTION -6 PAGES TEN CENTS I i. DECIDE AGAINST FRANCE AS MEDIATOR Harriman Meets With DeGaulle POPPY DAY With the approach of Memorial Day and Poppy Day which, is to be observed Saturday, May1" 23th the American Legion and the VJF.W. are making preparations the sale of poppies, evidence -of the fact is decora tioas to beseenoa the yard of the Legion Home at 726 Market Street.4 These consist of white crosses, arranged' In rows with a larger cross in the background on which is ed "Lest We The arrangement is after a fash- Vjiorth Vietnam. Vietnam will give' "humanitarian treatment" to captured U.S.

pilots, He refused to give a direct answer when asked whethe-they would- be released if the United States halts bombing and "other acts of War" against the North. Nguyen Thanh Le, Hanoi delegation spokesman at prelim minary. talks here with the United States, told "newsmen, "The American pilots have committed many crimes against' the Vietnamese people, gut we know the principal criminals P.I.....U,,. i i I I i j-' i I 1 I 111 11 ill mim fJL tlHMaiBHHllMlHMMRMHMlMMMMWHHHWW ion of the military cemeteries in France where American soldiers fell during the war and were buried. On Poppy Day Saturday, May 23th members of the American Legion and the Veterans of Foreign Wars and their Auxiliaries will be on the streets of the city selling- poppies.

The. funds thus received go to the aid of disabled veterans and their are those directing U.S. policy. CTheref ore, as far as the pilots are concerned, we will neverth Offer Tri-County Proposal 'PARIS (UPI) U.S. Ambassa-dor W.

Averell Harriman met president Charles de Gaulle halt hour today. Afterward he told reporters he would reject any. suggestions the French president might me diate in the u.S. talks with He told newsmen on his. return to the U.S.

Embassy he. did. not believe it would for any other country to try to 'intervene to influence the Paris talks. They concern "matters between the United States and North "Vietnam at the moment," he said. Elsewhere' in paris -a spokesman said today governing this, type of action.

County assessor Joe McAtee was given approval to gather data on buildings on the west side of Market Street for as. sesslng purposes. Trash problems were discus, sed by city and county author, ltles. It was thought that the city dump fee was responsible for the excess amount of dump. Ing in the county.

However, thls was ruled out. If the pro. blem of dumping in the county continues ana increases, one Possible solution would beajoU. nt city" and county dump. No actidnj expected to take place on this proposal in the immed.

late future. County Commissioners in-spected the new County truck and gave their approvaL- Hanoi North The weather forecast for the Mt. Carmel area calls for partly cloudy skies tonight. Increasing: cloudiness tomorrow. The low temperature tonight will be in the 40's; tomorrow' temperatures will be somewhat warmer.

The river has risen another 0.4 of a foot, and the depth reading now stands at 1 1.46 feet Yesterday's hleh temperature was recorded at fit de while the overnight low dropped to 47. trace of rain and hail shorted 'on the preci- -pitation gauges" yesterday. A year ago today the high tem perature was 79 degrees, accompanied by a low of 51. Commissioners City Fathers and County met jointly yester-day totormulate a proposedTri-County Planning In place of the present Tri-County Industrial Commission. The discussion of the Plan, nlng Commission stemmed from the general of the present Tri-County Industrial Comm.

The City and County plan would call for the hiring of a professional planner that would -serve the entire three county areafor their plan. nlng needs. (Almost all city or county projects today must have a. plan submitted with the re. quest for the project.) He would actually make surveys, do re.

search and draw up the necess-ary plans for city and county projects. His duty would also include a certain amount of in. dustrial promotion. The County Commissioners did adopt this proposed plan at their, regular meeting. The City will meet in a 'special session late this afternoon to adopt the proposal.

When both the County and the Cltv have -adopted the general -plan, the SCHOLARSHIP WIXXERS Shown left to right are Dick Brewer, Exalted Ruler of the local Elks Club. Selbert. Linda Farrar and Charles Steckler. Youth Activity JStatt Photo) the news conference to present to newsmen here a white book on "American Aggression" pub- lished by the North Vietnamese government in 1965, Thefrenctfleader in the past has made no secret of his support for Hanoi's position. However, he and his government have held their tongues since France was.

selected as the site for the official conversations" begun by Hanoi-: and Washington. officials said France might possibly wish to play some role in Influencing- tfee' two:" sides toward an agreement at a later stage in the talks. But it was not at all, certain the United States was seeking such intervention by De Gaulle in the foreseeable future. American delegation sources said progress can come only after Hanoi is convinced it must show reciprocal "restraint" before all the U.S. bombing of the North is stopped.

Once the process of lowering the intensity of the war has begun the United States would on Britain and the Soviet Union to set up a full peace conference. The two nations were co-chairman of the 1954 Geneva conference on the French Indochina war and would logically convene a new one. U.S. have -become convmceu uie Wv.ieurwui u- pumping Dimons in aia money into North Vietnam, would like to see the war end. But they also believe the Kremlin will not act unless Hanoi wishes it to.

North Vietnam will reach that point when the: stalemate over the reduction of military operations is broken, the officials have said. Harriman and Thuy have not met since Saturday and the next session is not scheduled until Wednesday. In between the iwo sides have exchanged charges that snowed no cnanges in either position! reading glasses. Two million more workers walked off their T7jobs today. r'r De Gaulle UCUlOUUCU UV uwwmv Mary Seibert Wins eless give them humanitarian treatment; We have freed a certain number so they could rejoin their families.

Le reiterated trie, demand made by Hanoi slice the beginning of the Paris talks' -that the United States must end unconditionally all bombing "and other acts of war" against the North. That has beep Hanoi's price for getting down to full dress peace talks. As Le spoke, Ambassador W. Averell Harrpian head of the U.S. delegation to- the talks, paid a courtesy call on French President Charles de Gaulle at the Elysee Hanoi's chief -envoy, Xuan -Thuy, was scheduled to pay a similar call on this afternoon.

Le unleashed a sharp attack against the United States. He charged that the three sessions so far have "merely established the fact that the United States He described U.S. peace plans for Vietnam as deceitful "When the United States speaks of peace It means war and when it speaks of negotiations It means intensification of Le declared. The Uanol delegation called Mary at MCHS has been awarded a $500 grant from the Illinois state Elks As-soclatlon. This is to be applied to help further her education.

Prior to this award Mary was awarded the most Valuable Student which is the local Elk's Scholarship. After graduation, Mary plans to enter the School of Pre.med at the University of Illinois. In other smaller action, thehas been an aggressor in Kerner Resigns Post To Shapiro proposal will be. submitted to. all the tri-county representats" ives for their approval.

Maytr Joe McGulre is to meet personally with the tri-county representatives to expla. In the meaning and purpose of the proposal. In other action, County Com. mlssloners Inspected the new Sheriff 's homr with the arch, itect, Malcolm Son. Commiss.

ianers approved the interior oT the structure to date and point ed out some defects to be repa- -ired before actual completion of the building. County officials also approved the moving in of Deputy Sheriff Jack Ruschraeler after the open house of the home. Open house is slated for tomorrow afternoon fromlp.m to 8 p.m. The public is invit ed. The City fathers discussed with the commissioners the pos.

slbiyty them using the coun-ty Jail. This action would mean" the total absence of a city Jail (except for probably one cell at the city hall) and fuli'use of the present county Jail. No action was taken at this meeting pend- ing further IhvestlgaUon of laws- Mrs." Mark Kern from Bellmo-nt. A letter from Louise-Williams," general manager of WSAB, was read thanking the board for the opportunity to broadcast Mt. Carmel High School athlete events last year nd requesting the opportunity to go it again next year.

The board voted its approval. It was announced that start ing at the next regular monthly meeting and continuing through the summer the board of edu. cation meeting would start at 8 p.m. rather than 7:30. The regular meeting takes place on the third Monday of every mon-th at the District 348 adminis.

tration building. The board will hold a special meeting on Monday, June 3, at which time tt will tour the Bell, mont and Keensburg Grade Schools." In Wabash Valley ion, President Bob Bowen anno- unced thatDri Ernest Anderson, the first dean of Wabash Valley College and currently In the de. partment of education at the TT. Till I. Preliminary Discussion On Grade Grouping DeGaulle Faces Censuring Comm.

PARI5? rtTPil From across i' j. PARIS (UPD-From across a A discussion of a so-called 4-4 plan for grade school orgardzat. ion in MtCarmei highlighted the District 348 School Board regular meeting last night. The 4.4 proposal is a plan whereb the first four grades for all Mi Carmel students would be taught at South5chool with grades SPRINGFIELD (UPI) Otto Kerner, a Judge for only 24 hours, today gives hisJieutenant governor the governorship" for an anniversary present. JCerneLresigned his post as Till In yti.t..n A ROVcruw Ol.lllUIUlO CUCVUTC ttl.

12:01. a.m.. Monday, ana nours later took the oath of office as a U.S. 7th Circuit Court of Ap- peals judge. in that capacity today, Kerner administers the oath to Samuel who has been second in command in the -state for 712 years.

Shapiro and his wife, ude. also are celebrating their 29th wedding anniversary today. Swearing-in jjeremonies werer scheduled for 1:30 p.m. Foreign Born Governor As he takes office, the 61- year-old Shapiro becomes only the second" governor in the his tory of the state to have been new governor was born in Estonia, son of a polish cobbler The other foreign-born Illinois governor was John Peter Alt-geld, who served from 1893 to 1897. The transition was Withjcerner's step-down, Shapiro became acting "governors Kerner, 59, went through Chairman.

LIONS AUCTION All those people who were successful bidders during last week's Lions Auction or who think they might hnve been can pick up their merchandise or obtain information at the Mt. rarmel Public I'tllltv between the hours of 8 and 5 The phone number Is 262-5151 Viet Cong Make Suicide Charge SAIGON (UPI) Communist suicide squads with. J)ombs in their hands anff their bodies painted gf eeyt and brown attacked jS. Army paratroo- per di neadquaners near Hue fa American gunfire cut them iMonu- Firing'at al: rancre. trooDS Of the lOlSt "Airborne Division killed at least 54 of the would-be bombers and drove the rest back.

The fleeing North Vietnamese left behind a ring -oL dead comrades outside the headquarters at camp Eagle. The U.S. "Screaming Eagle" paratroopers found the dead commu nists wearing only snorts. Suicide Charge Fails 1 The attackers had swabbed their arms, legs, torsos and in the Camouflage paint, neaa tied their" sandals to their belts, clutched explosive charges and dashed at the base after raining about 300 rocket and mortar selUC lnto the U.S. position.

Many of the dead still clutched their Unused explosives. U.S. spokesmen said at least eight Americans were killed and 51 wounded defending the camp 400 miles north of Saigon and in the North Vietnamese border area where Hanoi's forces have-been on the offensive the past "week. The suicide raiders charged over "the barbed wire at the camp's outer defense line. One squad of North Vietnamese drove half a mile into Camp Eagle and began Setting "itfUf'-rocket launcher.

Facing the squad was a lone skinny young Caledonia, soldier, an Army duplicating macnine oper- ator rso timid his buddies call him "The Worm." Drives off reds Today "The Worm" turned. ne move uu uie luiuiuuu with his rifle "Somebody The. attack against Camp FaVl was one of four mounted before dawn by North Vietna- mese troops in the Hue area. nthor antinn tho vie sent mortar shells bursting into three provincial capitals today. Allied troops caught guerrilla units stalking in Saigon's suburbs.

South Vietnamese spokesmen said at least four-civilians were killed and 37 wounded in the mortaring of Ba xuyen and My Tho in the southern- Mekone Delta and pham Thiet, a provincial capital on the central coast above Saigon. Junior College Forms Superintendent Charles Schmetf wishes to remind re--sidents of the Allendale School district that junior college intent to attend forms are available in the school office. Any Allendale district resident who has plans attend junior college nt anyl time during the coning school year and who wishes the school district to pay the tuition must sign such a form before July 1. Wv vin dowo. own.

mosrpou $500 Elks Grant Linda a senior at MCHS has won second place in the Elk's Leadership contest. This is a $100 award, presented from the State Elk's Associate ion. Linda has won first in the local and district contests. She was third -in the Most Valuable Student jContest, Linda plans to attend Butler University and" major in Psychology. with Russell Arrington, R-Evanston.

Republican SubsUtute Arrington, the Senate majority leader and president pro tern of the Senate, will be act Ir Cl OrlT'rtC Ulg I II I Ul O'la" aDsence irom tne staienouse. Maj. Gen. Leo M7 Boyle, Illi- nois National Guard adjutant general, will escort the Shapiros and judge Kerner from the governor's suiteof offices upstairs Jo the third-floor House -he, will swear in the new' governor. Kerner made it clear that would be his last act.

He said after his own oath tab 1 ing-ceremony Momlayq'nvout 01 pontics completely," dui saia he would give advice to Shapiro on-unfinished matters. AmonS 01036 are fiscal prob- lems to be settled. Kerner said he left the office witk a J240IL; Shapiro was in the audience to witness Kerher's bath-taking -from chief Appeals judge John S. Hastings.kemer's son, Tony, -helped his father on with the black robe and Kerner took a seat beside the.courf seven other judges. In doing soj Kerner fulfilled what He said was a lifetime ambition, to.

serve on the bench in Illinois and will receive a salary of $33,000 a year, a $3, 000 raise from the governorship. He replaced. Judge "Win" G. Knoch, -who-went- into semire- tirement as a senior Judge. Court Decisions1 congressional investigation of the rulings' impact on crime.

The court ruled that a suspect must have speedy arraignment must be warned about his right to remain silent, must be and provided legal counsel, must not be Interrogated alone- against his The bill would allow a trial judge, taking into account the safeguards, to determine if a confession was voluntary If he was upheld by the highest state court, the decision could not be iiiu 'The Supreme Court also ruled that eyewitness testimony was not admissible if the suspect was identified when no attorney. present. The bill would eyewitness testimony admissible at the discretion of trial judge. A Prayer For Today Father, forgive us, for we do not know w'hat we do. Teach us to pray earnestly, humbly, truthfully with our heart and being.

Teach us to listen that -wa may know how and where cun be used to. build1 Tby kingdom. five through eight being taught at -North School. Kindergarten would still be offered at both locations under the plan. Preliminary discussion of the proposal with teachers and ad.

lmtnistratlve' staff show many educational benefits to be devi. sed from such a plan. The plan is not unique lnasmuchsas a state, task force on education has recommended -a similar grouping of grades for a maxium benefit to the students. Superin. Bowen stated that he was of the opinion that the cost of such a move would be minor.

The board suggest. ed that Bowen do a detailed analysis of what the cost of such a move would be as well as offer more specific recommen. dations accomplishing some of the administrative de. tailsudia-planThei board stressed that they will make no decision on the propo-sal without making the agrvu--" ments for and against it known swearing-in ceremonies, in Chi once occupied by his father, Ot-cago Monday and traveled to to Kernef Sr. 7 yie capital for the swearing-in xhe governor was a Cook ceremonies for Shapiro as 34th county judge before seeking the governor, in the House of Rep- governorship in 1960.

resentatlves chambers. He is one of 21 federal judges Com mlssloners received a not. Ice that the Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insuran. ce Company inspected the Cou. rthouse boiler.

Their report, commented that the boiler ws O. K. for use. Ia final action, commission. ers paid the bills and the meet.

ing was adjourned; done, the college still needs approval from the state. While-such approval is expected, it will still be a few weeks until the paperwork can be process, ed. A letter of resignation was and accepted from Mark Nerk, Instructor In the Ag.Bu! mess curriculum at the: college. The" board selected Duane Smith to be itsrepre. sentative to theJWVOJVdvls.

ory Com mlttee and Gilbert Coleman its representative, to the WVC Foundation. It appro-t ved the appointment of Oliver' Shoaff as assistant basketball coach and head golf coach at the college. Following a discussion of the administrative organization structure in executive session, the board reconvened and adopt, ed a rearrangement "of some duties. It instructed President Bowen to draw tip Job description for each of the administrate ive position. 1 COLLEGE CHOIR Wabah this subcommittee.

Mayor McGufre reported on the progress being made in many are- as. of city A plan 'was advanced to speed up the -installation of water 'meters throughout city. Due to the expense of Installing met- ers this fund has been subsid-ized by the general fund which in turn reduces the level of services the city tan perform. It is hoped that improve-ment in financing the water department will make itself supporting. The city council is holding a series of njeetings with contractors, plumbers, el-ectricians, to provide de- -tailed information on the city's building codes.

Recent contact with the Plan, ning Consultant-reveals that the city's comprehensive plan is ready to go to the printers and should be available within 30 days. Mayor McGui re report, ed, the resignation 'of Frank Behounek from the Advisory Committee. Other members present were Chairman James Gillespie, John Rafferty, Bill Dilbeck, Rev. James Stockdale, Lynn Johnson, City Clerk Junior Morris, and City Commissioner Albert nation of striking workers and frightened housewives, the lawmakers of France gathered today -to debate censuring President Charles de Gaulle's government. DeGaulle's backers-were expected to defeat the Communist-led censure move in the national, assembly when the key comes," possibly Wednesday afternoon.

But no single parliamentary vote appeared the cure for perhaps France's greatest crisis of the 1960's More than 6 million workers in Roman catholic as well as Communist unions stayed home or occupied their places of work. Housewives hoarded and stripped shops of canned foods, sugar, rice and noodles as they did when the Nazi army blitzkrieged into France in 1940. The workers demanded, more pay, shorter hours, greater benefits. But the national impact of their action threatened the personal regime De Gaulle set up when he returned to power 1 0 years ago to lead his country back to glory. It was difficult to find glory in-France today.

workers occupied more inan PO.iic401'16. 1116 numbers grew, uncollected rgarbage'llt- tered the streets of the capital De Gaulle had spent millions cleaning become the showplace of his era. In the banks, so recently proud of the Gaullist anti-dollar policy thai flooded gold into their yaults, the French franc was stumbling the market. Tanicky depositors Monday withdrew some $200'millionina bank run. Bankers said the run would have been greater but for their limiting withdrawals.

The great Bank of France itself closed, its workers on strike and its flow of paper money halted. Movie theater owners hung up "closed" signs. The army rushed 200 trucks to replace died buses but got in the traffic jams on the grand boulevards. All train traffic stopped. Red flags flew over the idled merchant fleets in Marseilles, Le Havre and Dunkerque.

Air Force men took over pans- a placed and hoped to. do that through a vote of censure Wednesday. De Gaulle approved law eivine amnesty to all persons convicted in the Latin.quarter fhar started the uphea- val. The move, taken to quell the passions of the rebellious students, came at an emergency cabinet meeting. The amnesty bill goes to the assembly Wednesday and.

is expected to win immediate approval. It would grant amnesty to all students and others arrested in the' bloody rioting including four- who were sen teheed to two months in jail.and 20 others awaiting trial. Amnesty was the chief demand of the students but it was not expected to solve the crisis. The pro-Gaullist newspaper France-Solr said De Gaulle was thinking of holding a national referendum on his popularity to see if the nation still wanted him as leader. He was up against the worst crisis, in the helias beenmpowe: worst labor chaoS since end World War lh The nation was paralyzed-Dy strikes.

Planes, trains, buses and subways were halted. Tourists were" stranded. Many Dersons were unable to. get to work, adding to the chaotic conditions. Housewives were who ventured 6nto the streets saw huge signs asking De Gaulle be replaced.

The cabinet met to discuss, the university student revolt that triggered the national strike for more pay and shorter hours. In the national assembly lawmakers gathered to debate censuring the government for the snowballing unrest. In the streets and in huge posters on its Paris headquarters, the communists proclaimed the slogan: "Toward a popular government and. one 01 democratic union." It matched the phrases that brought a Communist-partnererj popular front government to power in 1936, after the last uiuvr.ony umii.iuia, Uu.u. Cyf w1H have a 8peclal re.

the speaker at com mencement. hearsal Tuesday at 7 in the board Voted to offer a the college Regular, vocational program in auto me. rehearsal Thursday at 7:15 at chanics starting in the, fall. the VFW-auditorium. Please While most of tn planning is -te present.

Citizens Advisory Committee Meets to the publicand seeMinMt opin. ion. Superintendent Bowen stated that registration, for, summer school were so low that the fut. ure of the program was In doubtv While the plan Is to have sum-' mer school this year, the low enrollment will entail sched-uling difficulties. The board accepted two resignations from elementary teachers last night.

They were Vera Stephens from South and House speaker Raipn t. smith, R-Alton, after calling the session- to order, turned the gavel over to House Minority -Leader John P. Touhy, D-Chi- caeo. who shared the platform Senate Considers WASHINGTON (UPI) With the ofee rated a tossup the Senatefbrought up for a final decision today a proposal to overturn Supreme court rulings -limiting use of confessions and eyewitness testimony in.crimin- al cases. The final was scheduled late in the day.

The measure to modify the court's- decisions along with gun controls, aid to law enforcement and legaliza- tion of certain" anticrime "wiretaPpirtg made up body's US1UBU 4UUUiure Opinion, appeared so evenly divided on the court ruling question that' both sides felt the "absence Of some senators on the The May meeting of the Mt. Carmel Citizens Advisory Co. ramittee was held In the Court1-house' last night. Annexation Chairman fhll a detailed report on the findings of ram eria Mt. -Carmel Rotarians saw and heard a pictorial travelog -concerning Nigeria in Africa last night.

Guest speaker was Dr. Oral Eandls, of Deeaturr-Confer--ence Superintendent of the Uni. ted Methodist Church. Dr. Landis showed color slides which he took during a recent trip to Nigeria with his son.

in-law, a doctor and hl grand. son. The trip covered about six weeks, and concentrated "on a visit to a mission hospital where Dr. Landis' son-in-law donated medical services. Dr.

Landis was introduced by Ira. Wilson, program cha. lrman and pastor of Evangelical United Methodist Church. Rotary Prog Covers Nig campaign trail might be the deciding factor. Among the absentees were Sen." Robert F.

Kennedy, D-the was make Inside Today Editorial Page 2 Letters to Editor 2 Market Ne- Report 2 Local Stock Listing Page 2 Daily Almanac Page 2 Yesterday's News 2 Society 3 Sports 4 Classified Ads 5 Comics -Page 5 Radio and TV Listings Page 6 N.Y., and Eugene J. McCarthy, both campaigning for the Democratic nomination. Some other senators were back home laying a base for reelection campaigns. Thecnicial vote was on a motion" by Sen. Joseph D.

to substitute for the-' reversal a call for Orly Airport to keep a trickle of previous outbreak of such a planes running in and out of general strike, what De Gaulle's, economic Philosopher Jean-paul Sartre boom had built into Europe's into Paris' student-second busiest airfield, soronne University. in the' halls of power, De He told the rebelling youth "The Gaulle consulted aides. The most important part of your president also was reported movement is that the sons of memorizing a speech he will the bourgeoise are united with deliver Friday night without, as the workers in a revolutionary usual, his verv necessary spirit.".